"It is only a man who has lost everything that can appreciate a new beginning."

"Woman is a creature who is always in the wrong when she has a lover and in the right when she has none."

"As a general rule… people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it."

"Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart."

"The greatest events of history are often brought about by the most trivial causes."